Rick Carlisle earns 1,000th career win, Timberwolves win fourth straight, and all the top moments and highlights from Thursday's 3-game schedule.

Thursday’s NBA action features just four games, but there are still a ton of player prop angles to consider in these matchups:  Indiana Pacers at Charlotte Horn

Tis the season for people to warn you that the NBA trade deadline might be a dud. Allow us to provide a countercase: What if it's actually absurd?

The 2026 NBA Draft was always destined to trigger a massive tanking race. This class clearly had three potential No. 1 overall picks from the very start the process, and all three are living up to the hype to start their one-and-done college seasons.

Against Centers, the Heat are 28th in Field Goal Percentage Allowed and 27th in Rebounds Allowed. As for Vucevic, he is 4th in Usage Rate (21.3%) and 2nd in Rebound Rate (32.2%) He will be highly involved in this offense.

You can track the minutes over the last three, five, and ten games, and for the entire season, to see which trends stand out to you. All of this data was made accessible by Kyle Bland, who is incredibly talented and also extremely generous.

ESPN has had one of its most-viewed starts to the NBA regular season since it started to carry games in 2002. According to the network and Nielsen, ESPN averaged 2.6 million viewers in its first 21 games through Christmas,

The city of Orlando has hosted the NBA All-Star Game twice before: Last in 2012 and first in 1992. The Magic are in support of the bid that’ll be led by the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.

The 2026 NBA trade deadline is still several weeks away, but it's not going to sneak up on any of the league's 30 teams.

It remains to be seen if Murphy will end up getting traded and if Toronto will make a splash before the deadline, with one star being linked in Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis. The Raptors are currently 23-15, putting them fourth in the Eastern Conference.